Assembly Bill A9945

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the "Scott J. Beigel unfinished receiver act" in relation to unfinished frames or receivers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A9945 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7762
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.00 & 265.02, add §§265.63, 265.64 & 265.65, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2666, S13

2019-A9945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Scott J. Beigel unfinished receiver act"; relates to unfinished frames or receivers; establishes the crimes of criminal sale of an unfinished frame or receiver in the first, second and third degrees as class C, D and E felonies, respectively.

2019-A9945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9945
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to enacting the "Scott J.
   Beigel unfinished receiver act" in relation to  unfinished  frames  or
   receivers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "Scott  J.
 Beigel unfinished receiver act".
   § 2. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 32 to read as follows:
   32.  "UNFINISHED FRAME OR RECEIVER" MEANS A PIECE OF ANY MATERIAL THAT
 DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE FRAME OR RECEIVER OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN
 BUT THAT HAS BEEN SHAPED OR FORMED IN ANY WAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF  BECOM-
 ING  THE FRAME OR RECEIVER OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN, AND WHICH MAY
 READILY BE MADE INTO A FUNCTIONAL FRAME  OR  RECEIVER  THROUGH  MILLING,
 DRILLING  OR OTHER MEANS. THE TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE A PIECE OF MATERIAL
 THAT HAS HAD ITS SIZE OR EXTERNAL SHAPE ALTERED TO FACILITATE  TRANSPOR-
 TATION OR STORAGE OR HAS HAD ITS CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ALTERED.
   §  3.  Section  265.02  of  the penal law is amended by adding two new
 subdivisions 12 and 13 to read as follows:
   (12) SUCH PERSON IS NOT A GUNSMITH DULY LICENSED PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER AND POSSESSES AN UNFINISHED FRAME OR RECEIVER; OR
   (13)  SUCH  PERSON POSSESSES A MAJOR COMPONENT OF A FIREARM, RIFLE, OR
 SHOTGUN AND SUCH PERSON IS PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING A SHOTGUN OR RIFLE
 PURSUANT TO:
   (I) THIS ARTICLE;
   (II) SUBSECTION (G) OF SECTION 922 OF TITLE 18 OF  THE  UNITED  STATES
 CODE; OR
   (III)  A TEMPORARY OR FINAL EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER ISSUED UNDER
 ARTICLE SIXTY-THREE-A OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
   § 4. The penal law is amended by adding  three  new  sections  265.63,
 265.64 and 265.65 to read as follows:
 §  265.63  CRIMINAL SALE OF AN UNFINISHED FRAME OR RECEIVER IN THE THIRD
            DEGREE.
   1. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,  A

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